Time Travelers' Trivia : Test Your History Knowledge #2

After the good response for Week 1. We are back with the Trivia test for week 2..

This week again we will have 4-5 questions and the one with highest number of correct answers will be the winner..

Keep participating for your winner Siggie

Important links

Question 1-https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165665197

Answer and winner--https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165673706

Question 2--

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165678580

Answer and winner -https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165689747

Question 3--

https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165689817

Answer--https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165694658

Question 4--https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165694870

Answer--https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/165704038

First question of this week is

This is one of the oldest Sankrit inscription (found till date)

It inscribed by Brahmin on Holi(Holika dehen) day

Which inscription is this...

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

First question of this week is

This is one of the oldest Sankrit inscription (found till date)

It inscribed by Brahmin on Holi(Holika dehen) day

Which inscription is this...

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

First question of this week is

This is one of the oldest Sankrit inscription (found till date)

It inscribed by Brahmin on Holi(Holika dehen) day

Which inscription is this...

The oldest known Sanskrit inscription is the "Ayodhya Inscription" dated to around the 4th century CE. However, the oldest Sanskrit inscription specifically associated with a Brahmin and Holi (Holika Dahan) day is not well-documented in historical sources.

Can you provide some hints ?

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

First question of this week is

This is one of the oldest Sankrit inscription (found till date)

It inscribed by Brahmin on Holi(Holika dehen) day

Which inscription is this...

Isn't oldest Sanskrit inscription from Mittani empire?

Originally posted by: devashree_h

Isn't oldest Sanskrit inscription from Mittani empire?

That isn't in pure Sanskrit but Indo Aryan language, different from Vedic or classical sanskrit

However this inscription isn't the oldest Sanskrit inscription found, I was just asking about the inscription composed on Holi day

Originally posted by: Bhavisweet03

The oldest known Sanskrit inscription is the "Ayodhya Inscription" dated to around the 4th century CE. However, the oldest Sanskrit inscription specifically associated with a Brahmin and Holi (Holika Dahan) day is not well-documented in historical sources.

Can you provide some hints ?

Ayodhya inscription is definitely not the oldest inscription in Sanskrit (in fact even that Dhana doesn't date to 4th century CE but 1st or 2nd Century CE)

There are older inscriptions like Hathibada inscription and Nanheghat inscriptions dating to 1st-2nd century BCE

This is not that inscription, comparatively later than the above two (only slightly) during the Yavana era and is related to demarcate a well and a tank

Originally posted by: Moonks

is it the hathibada-ghosundhi inscription of chittaurgarh?? Not sure about the holika part but it does talk about vaishnavism

It isn't by a Brahmin, nor inscribed on the Holika dehen day

Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism

Ayodhya inscription is definitely not the oldest inscription in Sanskrit (in fact even that Dhana doesn't date to 4th century CE but 1st or 2nd Century CE)

There are older inscriptions like Hathibada inscription and Nanheghat inscriptions dating to 1st-2nd century BCE

This is not that inscription, comparatively later than the above two (only slightly) during the Yavana era and is related to demarcate a well and a tank

The inscription is the Yavanarajya inscription of Nashik. This inscription dates back to the 2nd century CE and is known for mentioning the celebration of Holi (Holika Dahan). It was inscribed by a Brahmin and is associated with the construction of a well.